Health and Safety Laboratory

The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) is one of the world's leading providers of workplace health and safety research, training and solutions. HSL is the laboratory of the UK Government’s Health and Safety Executive and was set up to identify, understand and help to prevent whatever can go wrong in the workplace. Today, with over 100 years of experience, investment and growth, the scope of the work undertaken by a staff of more than 400 scientific, technical and medical specialists is unparalleled. We work with a wide range of public and private sector organisations, often conducting complex research and development projects on their behalf. HSL offers a range of services including risk assessment, occupational health management, materials testing and research, consultancy and bespoke training. A key requirement running through all of this is an understanding of human behaviour in workplace environments. One of HSL’s core strengths is to combine expertise in different disciplines in order to deliver the most appropriate and effective services to clients.